"The first victory we can claim is that our hearts are free of hatred. Hence we say to those who persecute us and who try to dominate us: ‘You are my brother. I do not hate you, but you are not going to dominate me by fear. I do not wish to impose my truth, nor do I wish you to impose yours on me. We are going to seek the truth together’. THIS IS THE LIBERATION WHICH WE ARE PROCLAIMING."
Oswaldo José Payá Sardiñas (2002)

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Why possibility of Castro regime harming U.S. and Canadian diplomats should not be a surprise

The Castro regime is an outlaw regime.

Canadian Embassy in Havana, Cuba

Today, another shoe dropped, the Associated Press reported that Canadian government said that at least one Canadian
diplomat in Cuba has also been treated for hearing loss.
"Global Affairs Canada spokeswoman Brianne Maxwell said Canadian
officials 'are aware of unusual symptoms affecting Canadian and US
diplomatic personnel and their families in Havana.'" Spokesperson Heather Nauert in a State Department briefing yesterday revealed that two Cuban diplomats were expelled from the United States on May 23, 2017 in response to "incidents in Cuba." According to U.S. officials five U.S. diplomats were targeted
by a "sonic weapon" that led to "severe hearing loss" that led to some
of them canceling their tours and returning early to the United States.

Cuban state security agents have "pilfered car parts, slashed tires and
smashed car windows" of U.S. diplomats in Havana and left "unwelcome 'messages' like urine and
feces deposited in their homes."
The reaction of disbelief and surprise in the media to this news story is shocking and reflected in the tweet below:

The State Dept made no sense at all on this today. But if the source quoted in this AP story is right, this is nuts:https://t.co/30oCqLnWc5

The government of Cuba is an outlaw regime that has a record of not only mistreating Cubans but also engaging in actions against others that should also raise concerns. The use of a "sonic weapon" would be something new, but attempting to harm a diplomat is not. U.S. diplomat Robin Meyers was subjected to cars being used against her
as weapons in Cuba on February 23-24, 1996. Former Canadian ambassador to Cuba James Bartleman told The Globe and Mail today that he was "not surprised by this week’s reports, given his experience as envoy from 1981 to 1983. Halfway through his posting, a series of strange events occurred: His family dog was poisoned, a trade officer had a dead rat nailed to their door and the embassy started receiving threatening phone calls. Fed up, he called out the Cuban government."

Consider some of what the Castro regime has been doing in recent years:

In 2012 there were reports in the media of Cuban, Iranian and Venezuelan officials meeting in Mexico to discuss cyber attacks on U.S. soil allegedly seeking information about nuclear power plants in the United States

The Cuban government also helps orchestrate an immigration fraud network through Venezuela that has
smuggled radical Islamists into North America, reported in the
Center for a Secure Free Society’s “Canada on Guard” report.